PrestaShop Marketplace Blog Addon {User-Guide}

PrestaShop Marketplace Blog: With the help of this module seller can add blog to the store under different categories. The seller can also add different categories for the blog.

The new blog can be added from the ‘blog’ menu under my account section. The blogs written by the different sellers can be viewed on the product page and for a particular seller’s blog.

We can also view their blog from seller shop page from “View Blog” button displayed on the left side. Seller can also view his blog from seller profile page from “View Blog” button displayed on the left side.

Note: PrestaShop Marketplace Blog Addon is compatible with:

• PrestaShop Advanced Multi-Vendor Marketplace module version 7.x.x.
• PrestaShop version 8.x.x.
• Multi-store feature.

After installing the marketplace module, you can install the PrestaShop Marketplace Blog module.

• Firstly, go to the module manager in the back office and click on ‘upload a module’.
• After that, drag and drop the module file or select the file from the system.
• In this way, the module installation will be successful.

After the successful installation of the module, the admin needs to configure it.

General Settings

Under General settings, admin can:

• Enable the display of “Seller Blog” link in the category menu at the front end.
• Enable the display of “View Blog” button on seller shop and profile page.

Theme Settings

Under Theme Settings, the admin can:

• Select the theme view as list or grid.
• Set the position of the side bar.
• Specify the number of posts to display on a single page.

Content Settings

Under Content Settings, admin can:

• Enable or disable the manual approval of the seller’s blog.
• Enable the display of tags, categories, popular posts, and recent posts in a side bar.
• Set the number of tags, categories, popular posts, and recent posts to display in a side bar.

Comment Settings

Admin can choose to display the comment feature on the blog page. Also, the admin can configure the number of comments to be displayed per page.

After the installation of the module, a new tab “BLOG” gets available for the sellers. From this tab, the sellers can add and manage blogs.

For creating a blog, it is mandatory for the seller to create a category first.

Click on ‘Manage Category’ button.

A seller can create a new category by specifying the category title, and friendly URL, and selecting the user group permission.

After adding a category, a seller can view it under category list. A seller can enable, disable, edit, or delete the category.

Kindly note the seller cannot delete and disable all the categories. One category has to be set as the default category. The default category gets associated with all those posts whose category has been disabled or deleted from the “manage category” list.

Click on ‘Manage Blog’ button.

A seller can add a new blog by selecting the category title and specifying the blog title and description. Also, the seller can add tags for the blog and associate products & other blog posts to the blog.

After adding a blog, a seller can view it under ALL BLOG. The seller can preview, edit, and delete the blog.

Manage Tags

The seller can add the tags from the “manage tags” and assign the tag to different blog posts.

Once added, the seller can view it under ALL TAGS. Also, the seller can edit or delete the tag.

When a customer visits the store, he can view a separate category “Seller Blog” in the category menu. On clicking, all the blogs added by the sellers will display on the page.

Also, the customers can view blogs of a particular seller from the seller’s shop page. A “View Blog” gets available on the seller’s shop page. When a customer clicks on this button, a list of blogs added by the seller gets displayed.

Grid View

In grid view, it is necessary to upload the default image to maintain the view of posts at the front-end.

List View

If a customer clicks on any tag at the front-end, then the customer can view only the posts which have been added to the selected tag.

Manage Comments

Now, when a customer clicks on any post, the customer can read the whole post and can also comment on the post. The availability of the comment section on the blog will totally depend on the admin and seller configuration for the comment block.

The Seller can view a list of comments provided by the customers under Manage Comments.

Admin can view a list of blogs added by the sellers under Seller Blog tab. Also, admin can enable, disable, and delete the blog.

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